Eclipses

When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• At night
• When the moon's shadow is on the earth
• when the moon comes between the sun and earth
• During the day

During a lunar eclipse, what color does the moon appear?

• Black
• Red-orange
• Yellow-green
• White

A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

Where must you be to see a total solar eclipse?

• a corona
• an orbit
• the moon's shadow
• the earth's shadow

What do we call the sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?

• an umbra
• a corona
• an orbit
• a shadow

What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.

• Total
• Umbra
• Penumbra

What is the larger outer lighter part of the shadow cone called, where a partial eclipse can be viewed?

• Partial
• Umbra
• Penumbra

In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?

• Below each other
• Above each other
• In alignment

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse